KUALA LUMPUR: Affin Bank Bhd
has appointed Gen (Rtd) Tan Sri Mohd Zahidi Zainuddin (pic) as chairman with effect from Thursday, succeeding the retiring Tan Sri Ismail Omar.
Mohd Zahidi, 69, has been chairman of Affin Bank’s listed parent company Affin Holdings Bhd since Oct 17, 2005.
Affin Holdings told Bursa Malaysia that Mohd Zahidi was the Chief of Defence Forces from 1999 until his retirement in 2005.
He had served the Malaysian armed forces for 39 years, holding many key appointments at field and ministerial level.
Meanwhile, Affin Islamic Bank Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Affin Bank, had named Mohd Suffian Haron its new chairman with effect from June 1, 2017.
Suffian, aged 72, was appointed as director of Affin Islamic in 2006 and director of Affin Bank in 2009.
He started his career as a diplomatic and administrative officer, attached to the Prime Minister’s Department and the Public Enterprises Ministry.
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